Solanaceae
Chinese thorn-apple
Datura quercifolia
- Family
- Solanaceae
- Genus
- Datura
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Chinese thorn-apple
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Annual
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: native
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Teresa Jegelewicz Mayfield-Meyer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Bob Nieman, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Patrick Alexander, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrick Alexander, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sue Carnahan, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Alex Abair, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: dbugs, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Isaac Ethington, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.